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Test 1, Paper 1, Reading (Page 5) 17 C: The writer says that the ‘ill effects’ are permanent and the
structure of the brain is changed. He quotes someone who is
Part 1: very worried about this and regards the long-term effect
as ‘deadly’.
1 B: ‘Their dream of family life had turned into a nightmare’ and 18 D: The writer uses Ap Dijksterhuis’s research to support his point
‘they knew something had to change’. that ‘not all distractions are bad’ – if you are trying to solve a
2 C: The only reference to other people’s opinions is in the first problem, it can be better to stop thinking about it for a while
sentence, where the writer says that ‘those of us’ (people like than to keep thinking about it all the time.
the writer) who like home comforts would regard the family’s 19 A: ‘The cacophony of stimuli short-circuits both conscious and
lifestyle as ‘unimaginable’. The writer is suggesting that the unconscious thought, preventing our minds from thinking
reader might feel like this too. either deeply or creatively’ and we stop being capable of
3 C: At this point she realised that what they had in common was ‘contemplation, reflection and introspection’; ‘unconscious
mothers not speaking English and spending time in homes like thought does not occur’ and our brains become ‘simple signal-
Mina’s mother’s. processing units’.
4 B: Even though she couldn’t speak English and needed her
daughter to translate, she ‘insisted on offering me hospitality Part 4: The way we worked
and her manners sure beat those in Oak Brook’ (she was much
more polite than people in Oak Brook). 20 B: ‘Search your high street for a typewriter repairman and your
5 A: The researchers said that ‘an absence of affection seems to be chances of a result at all are ribbon-thin.’
a bigger problem than high levels of conflict’, meaning that 21 D: ‘The craze for buying newly available arts and crafts from Japan
siblings having arguments is less important than having affection was at its height in the second half of the nineteenth century.’
for each other. Affection between siblings has many positive 22 A: ‘Mention them to people and they’ll look quizzical,’ Roberts says,
effects on them, even if they also argue a lot. ‘but next time they see you, they’ll have started to spot them.’
6 D: Siblings help each other to be ‘kind’ and ‘generous’; arguments (‘them’ = the work done by sign-painters).
between them teach them ‘skills that come in handy as they 23 C: ‘In 1888, thousands of matchgirls at the Bryant and May factory
grow up’; affection between them makes life easier for them in London famously went on strike to protest over conditions.’
and provides ‘a big protective factor’; sisters make their siblings 24 B: They serve ‘septuagenarian retirees’, ‘technophobes’, ‘novelists’
less likely to suffer from a range of bad feelings; siblings have and ‘people weaned on digital keyboards who see typewriters as
‘positive effects’ on each other and sisters have ‘the most relics of a distant past’.
positive influence’. 25 D: When warned that someone might steal his techniques, he says
that ‘no one wants to’ copy him or learn to do what he does.
Part 2: Learning to be an action hero 26 C: ‘Over subsequent decades, the long hours, tiny pay packets and
exposure to toxic chemicals were addressed’.
7 F: link between the fact that the writer ‘can’t reach much past my 27 A: His father told him ‘these things will come back’ and ‘the more
knees’ and how difficult he is finding this and that belief that technology comes into it, the more you’ll be seen as a specialist’
the reader will think ‘this sounds a bit feeble’ – that the writer is and his words showed ‘a lot of foresight’.
weak and incapable of doing the exercise well. 28 B: They repair typewriters by using ‘the vast collection of spare parts
8 D: link between ‘get there’ in D and ‘a very particular, very extreme they’ve accumulated over the years’.
kind of fitness’ before the gap; ‘get there’ = achieve that kind 29 C: ‘The majority of staff are still female’; ‘it’s still mainly female’.
of fitness. 30 D: ‘Shiny, affordable substitutes, like shellac, began to eat away
9 A: link between ‘it had all started so well’ before the gap and the its aura’ – cheaper alternative materials contributed to making
first thing they did in the session, which was ‘a piece of cake’ lacquerwork less appealing and popular.
(very easy) for the writer. 31 A: As his trade is a ‘rare one’, people employ him in all sorts
10 E: link between ‘a few’ in E and the ‘movements for building of places.
strength in your back and arms’ on the chinning bar mentioned 32 B: ‘It amazes us the price the old manual machines sell for on
before the gap. the internet’.
11 G: link between the bar mentioned before the gap and Steve 33 D: ‘One magazine reprinted several slabs of an eighteenth century
jumping on to that bar at the beginning of G; link between manual on the subject as a how-to guide.’
‘from one to another’ and the various bars mentioned in the 34 C: ‘The industry largely relocated its production to other countries
paragraph before the gap. where labour was cheaper.’
12 B: link between the ‘one comforting piece of knowledge’
mentioned in B and what that piece of knowledge was – that the Test 1, Paper 2, Writing (Page 14)
writer will ‘never suffer from an anatomical anomaly’.
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Part 3: Is the internet making us stupid?
Question 1 (proposal)
13 C: Patricia Greenfield ‘reviewed dozens of studies on how different Style: Proposal format, and formal language. Your paragraphs must
media technologies influence our cognitive abilities’ and looked be clearly divided, and should include recommendations for a
at the results of these studies as a whole. possible outline for the day and how it should be organised. You
14 B: The University experiment tested how well the students ‘retained can use headings, numbering or bullet points, but remember to
the lecture’s content’; an earlier experiment showed that the use a range of structures and formal language.
more types of information are placed on a screen, the less people Content: Include the following points from the notes, but don’t repeat
can remember. the actual words from the blog as they are too informal for a
15 B: Greenfield concluded that ‘growing use of screen-based media’ proposal. You should:
had resulted in ‘new weaknesses in higher-order cognitive • provide a little background information about the
processes’ and listed several mental processes that have been previous event.
affected (abstract vocabulary, etc.). • recommend what should happen on the day, with reasons
16 C: It was expected that the people who did a lot of multitasking based on the notes and blog.
would ‘have gained some mental advantages’ from their • suggest how the day should be organised.
experience of multitasking but this was not true. In fact, they
‘weren’t even good at multitasking’ – contrary to the belief that
people who do a lot of multitasking get good at it.
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21 C: ‘looking at two drawings that were given to me as gifts.’ 13 C: The writer says that if you ‘take the fun out of cooking’, your
22 D: ‘I can warm up with them, and they’ve taught me loads of child might become ‘a chef with a great future’ – if cooking isn’t
stretches and things … really makes you more supple and able simply fun for children when they are learning it, it’s possible
to cope.’ that they might develop into successful chefs.
23 F: ‘I’ll usually pop into dressing rooms putting little notes or candy 14 B: Her mother noticed that she was very interested in cooking
on people’s tables.’ and gave her ‘challenging tasks’ to do; she gives an example of
24 H: ‘I still find myself walking up to have a look (at the props) prior advice her mother gave her while she was doing a task to help
to curtain going up.’ her do it better.
25 A: ‘I go in the courtyard where I can just catch the breeze.’ 15 A: The writer says that there is a belief that parents should praise
26 A: ‘On my last one, I came down with a sore throat.’ their children all the time, telling them ‘how clever and talented’
27 H: ‘so I came out with a line I was supposed to say later.’ they are, but there is evidence that this approach ‘demotivates
28 C: ‘the press … what they wrote initially wasn’t that children’ – it has the opposite effect from the one intended.
complimentary.’ 16 D: There are adult men who think that a piece of fish should be
29 E: ‘I missed a step and stumbled on the way down.’ in the shape of a creature, in the same way that the food they
30 F: ‘The actor looked around and saw a pigeon standing right ate when they were children was put into the shapes of certain
behind him.’ things to amuse them. This is an example of the idea that all
food is ‘nothing but fun, fun and more fun’.
17 C: A ‘chore’ is a task that requires effort and is not fun; the writer
Test 6, Paper 1, Reading (Page 135) says that because her mother made cooking a chore for her, she
has eaten a lot less convenience food than she would have eaten
Part 1 if her mother had made cooking fun. Her point is that taking
cooking seriously has an influence on the kind of food you eat.
1 C: The writer contrasts people who are frightened by UFOs (they 18 B: Nigella thinks the way she was taught to cook in her family as
feel ‘creeping unease’, think UFOs are ‘sinister’ and feel ‘fear’ a child was ‘normal’ but the writer thinks the ‘culinary regime’
of them, all in the first paragraph) with Ufologists, who are (the cooking system) in her family was not ‘ordinary’ – it wasn’t
enthusiasts and ‘true believers’ and who feel great excitement typical of most families. Nigella thinks it was fine but the writer
about UFOs (second paragraph). thinks it should have involved more fun.
2 D: ‘for many years, UFOs were a much bigger deal than we 19 B: The writer concludes that learning to cook for children should be
suspected’; ‘RAF jets were scrambled to investigate UFO reports both serious and fun, but more serious than fun. Having talked
no fewer than 200 times a year’ (‘no fewer than’ = a surprisingly about her and Nigella learning to cook as children and discussed
high number of). the idea of food being fun, she talks about a book that she
3 C: The plane ‘jogs on the spot’ (bounces up and down without believes has the right combination of seriousness and fun.
moving forwards) first of all before it starts to move across
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4 A: It no longer delivers mail, another company has the contract
to do that; it delivers ‘people instead of parcels’ – it takes 20 A: All riders are ‘given a comprehensive safety briefing’ (a talk
passengers, not mail. about safety).
5 A: She is ‘having another go’; she is doing ‘precisely the same 21 D: It ‘is suitable for novices, though you should be reasonably fit’
challenge’ that she did once before; she is ‘revisiting an attempt (it’s appropriate for beginners but only appropriate for people
that almost killed her last time’; she is ‘about to try to finish the who are reasonably fit).
job’ that she did not finish the first time. 22 E: ‘it might be imagined that bathing in the frigid waters would be
6 B: ‘In some ways you could say it’s insecurity. I have always wanted at best masochistic and at worst suicidal’.
to excel at something.’ (A possible reason for doing it is that she 23 E: ‘the North Atlantic Drift keeps it ice-free through the year’ –
has feelings of insecurity and wants to achieve something big so because of the North Atlantic Drift, the Barents Sea is not
that she won’t continue to lack confidence in herself.) covered with ice at any time of the year, making swimming
in it possible.
Part 2: The birth of Coronation Street 24 A: The snowmobile is ‘nothing less than a lifeline for those in more
remote areas’ – it is the everyday means of transport for people
7 F: link between ‘At that stage’ at the beginning of F and when the living in those areas and they depend on it. This is said to be true
writer was 21, mentioned at the beginning of the article; link in the present (dog sledding was ‘vital’ in the past).
between the work described in F and the work described before 25 D: ‘When the signal is given to depart, you may well be surprised at
the gap. the speed that they can reach.’
8 D: link between ‘the genius who created the show’ before the gap 26 B: Some people from warmer countries ‘think it is something that
and ‘that person’ in D. exists only in old footage’ (film) ‘of Eskimo living, but this isn’t
9 A: link between ‘this’ at the beginning of A and the idea that the case at all’.
the creation of the programme would be a good subject for a 27 D: ‘whenever they realise an outing is imminent, they become
television drama, mentioned before the gap – the writer wasn’t as keyed up as domestic pets about to be taken for walkies –
the only person who thought this was a good idea because howling, leaping in the air and straining at their leashes’ – this is
someone commissioned him to write the drama. how the dogs behave just before ‘the signal to depart’ and the
10 G: link between the fact that there had never been a show about activity begins.
ordinary people and their lives and the fact that there had also 28 D: ‘Half- or full-day sled safaris are most popular, although
never been an original show featuring regional actors – link overnight and longer tours are also available.’
between two things that had not happened before but which 29 C: ‘Snowmobiling has high-octane attractions, but to appreciate
were both true of Coronation Street; link between the question fully the stillness and peace of the mountains, it’s best to use
‘so what was the point?’ in G and ‘It was that …’ after the gap. your own feet to get around’ – the contrast is between the
11 E: link between the statement that ‘It’ (the idea of Coronation energy and excitement of snowmobiling and the quiet and
Street) should have ended there after the gap and the fact that relaxation of skiing or snowshoeing.
the idea was rejected, as described in E; link between ‘written 30 B: ‘you’ll find out how the experts use the auger to drill through
and discarded’ after the gap and the events described in E – the ice, a skimming loop to keep the water from freezing over
Warren writing the script and the TV management rejecting it again and a familiar rod to catch the fish’.
firmly (‘in no uncertain terms’). 31 C: ‘gliding around the snowy terrain is not just a great way of
12 C: link between ‘that inauspicious beginning’ in C and the problems getting close to nature, but also fantastic aerobic exercise’.
just before the first episode was broadcast, described before the 32 A: ‘The only controls to worry about are a thumb-operated throttle
gap; ‘inauspicious’ = suggesting that something will go badly and motorcycle-style brakes.’
and not be successful; link between ‘that event’ in C and the 33 A: ‘It’s a thrill indeed to roar in convoy’ (in a group together)
broadcasting of the first episode, described before the gap. ‘through a landscape of wooded trails’.
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28 according (noun to preposition) 21 F: ‘But what made it perfect was all the ancient ruins in the area.’
29 definitely (adjective to adverb) 22 A: ‘I was about to take it up professionally but then injured my leg
30 supposedly (verb to adjective) quite badly and had to drop the idea.’
31 criminals (noun to plural noun) 23 D: ‘It was my big chance as it would get me exactly where I’d
32 behaviour (verb to noun) always wanted to go.’
33 satisfaction (verb to noun) 24 H: ‘I’d lived in the city all my life and had plenty of friends there but
34 charming (adjective to noun) we were all rushing around frantically as city-dwellers do.’
35 complexity (adjective to noun) 25 B: ‘if I wanted to top up my qualifications, meant going abroad.’
36 undoubtedly / doubtlessly (noun to negative adjective) 26 F: ‘Once there, I felt really driven to do well – there was just this
37 invariably (adjective to adverb) new sense of optimism.’
27 D: ‘Their recommendations opened a number of doors for me once
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28 C: ‘I’d never really seen myself as a movie buff before.’
38 fallen: phrasal verb, collocation, collocation 29 H: ‘We could go anywhere where I could set up by myself. It was
39 due: specific meanings exactly what we all needed.’
40 strong: collocation, collocation, specific meaning 30 A: ‘made me feel I really belonged in the place.’
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